1971 Minnesota Twins season
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1971 Minnesota Twins finished 74–86, fifth in the American League West. 940,858 fans attended Twins games, the fifth-highest total in the American League, the first time the Twins failed to attract over one million fans since moving to Minnesota.
Regular season
Five Twins made the All-Star Game: first baseman Harmon Killebrew, second baseman Rod Carew, shortstop Leo Cárdenas, outfielder Tony Oliva, and pitcher Jim Perry.
On August 10, at Metropolitan Stadium, slugger Harmon Killebrew hit his 500th career home run, in the first inning off the Baltimore Orioles' Mike Cuellar. He followed that in the sixth inning with his 501st, also off Cuellar.
Lead off batter César Tovar led the AL with 204 hits and was second with 94 runs. Tony Oliva won his third batting title with a .337 average and led the AL with a .546 slugging percentage. Harmon Killebrew hit 28 HR and 119 RBI. Rod Carew hit .307.
Jim Perry (17–17), Bert Blyleven (16–15), and Jim Kaat (13–14) were the Twins' best pitchers. Kaat won his tenth Gold Glove Award.
Shortstop Leo Cárdenas topped the AL with a .985 fielding percentage—the highest for an American League shortstop since records began in 1901.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Template:1971 AL Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
- April 9, 1971: Dave Boswell was released by the Twins.[1]
- June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
- Dave Edwards was drafted by the Twins in the 7th round.[2]
- Future NFL quarterback Joe Theismann was drafted by the Twins in the 39th round.[3]
- Glenn Borgmann was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round of the secondary phase.[4]
- July 8, 1971: Paul Ratliff was traded by the Twins to the Milwaukee Brewers for Phil Roof.[5]
Roster
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Player stats
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Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | George Mitterwald | 125 | 388 | 97 | .250 | 13 | 44 |
| 1B | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 147 | 500 | 127 | .254 | 28 | 119 |
| 2B | Rod Carew | 147 | 577 | 177 | .307 | 2 | 48 |
| SS | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 153 | 554 | 146 | .264 | 18 | 75 |
| 3B | Steve Braun | 128 | 343 | 87 | .254 | 5 | 35 |
| LF | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 157 | 657 | 204 | .311 | 1 | 45 |
| CF | Jim Holt | 126 | 340 | 88 | .259 | 1 | 29 |
| RF | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 126 | 487 | 164 | .337 | 22 | 81 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Rich Reese | 120 | 329 | 72 | .219 | 10 | 39 |
| Jim Nettles | 70 | 168 | 42 | .250 | 6 | 24 |
| Brant Alyea | 79 | 158 | 28 | .177 | 2 | 15 |
| Steve Brye | 28 | 107 | 24 | .224 | 3 | 11 |
| Phil Roof | 31 | 87 | 21 | .241 | 0 | 6 |
| Eric Soderholm | 21 | 64 | 10 | .156 | 1 | 4 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 48 | 57 | 15 | .263 | 0 | 7 |
| Rick Renick | 27 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 1 | 8 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 21 | 44 | 7 | .159 | 2 | 6 |
| Paul Powell | 20 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 1 | 2 |
| George Thomas | 23 | 30 | 8 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Tischinski | 21 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Manuel | 18 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Dempsey | 6 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 38 | 278.1 | 16 | 15 | 2.81 | 224 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 40 | 270.0 | 17 | 17 | 4.23 | 126 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 39 | 260.1 | 13 | 14 | 3.32 | 137 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 52 | 140.1 | 8 | 11 | 4.10 | 83 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 48 | 129.2 | 4 | 7 | 3.33 | 137 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 18 | 68.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.03 | 35 |
| Pete Hamm | 13 | 44.0 | 2 | 4 | 6.75 | 16 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 4 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 6.17 | 4 |
Tom Hall led the Twins in saves with 9.
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Ron Perranoski | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6.75 | 21 |
| Stan Williams | 46 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.15 | 47 |
| Hal Haydel | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4.28 | 29 |
| Jim Strickland | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.44 | 21 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 13 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 2 |
Awards and honors
Farm system
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Notes
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- ↑ Dave Boswell at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Dave Edwards at Baseball Reference
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- ↑ Glenn Borgmann at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Phil Roof at Baseball Reference
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References
- Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com
- Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com
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